Kōji Wakamatsu
Biography
Kōji Wakamatsu (若松孝二 Wakamatsu Kōji, 1 April 1936 – 17 October 2012) was a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as Ecstasy of the Angels (天使の恍惚 Tenshi no Kōkotsu, 1972) and Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (ゆけゆけ二度目の処女 Yuke Yuke Nidome no Shojo, 1969). He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre," and one of "Japan's leading directors of the 1960s." His 2010 film, Caterpillar, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kōji Wakamatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Mystery of Rampo
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
What's a Director?
Pink Ribbon
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
Wet Dice
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Prisoner/Terrorist
All Movies (21)
- シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ2022
- The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka2016 · as Self (archive footage)
- Pure Asia2011
- Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema2011 · as Self
- Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital2009
- Prisoner/Terrorist2007
- What's a Director?2006
- Green Mind, Metal Bats2006 · as Oji-san
- Pink Ribbon2004 · as Self
- Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance2003
- In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film2003 · as Self - Interviewee
- Under the Skin2002 · as Himself
- Wind1998 · as Wind spirit
- The Mystery of Rampo1994 · as Cameo
- Shinjuku Maria1975 · as Cameo
- Egg Delivery Man : Attack on Keishicho1975
- Wet Dice1974 · as Customer
- Running in Madness, Dying in Love1969 · as Sleigh driver
- Birth Control Revolution1967 · as Weekly magazine photographer
- Blood of Lust Is Dripping1965 · as Man wearing sunglasses
- Empire of Passion: On the Set— · as Self (Production Consultant for "Empire of Passion")